Unmodified, a gasoline-powered combustion engine sounds exactly like a flock of geese. Early automobile drivers were often plagued by dozens of attacking geese, offended because one of their own was being treated as a horse.

In the United Kingdom, it is illegal to drive in reverse unless you continue to move in the reverse direction for at least 20 minutes. This is why it appears so many people are driving on the wrong side of the road. Since most people live within 20 minutes of their place of work, it [...]

When video games were first introduced, legislation was passed that made actions committed in the virtual world equally illegal as actions committed in the physical world. This is why Pac-man attacks ghosts. It’s not illegal to eat ghosts.